Display stand



Patented June 21, 1927.

UNITED STATES P 1 mm. MB, or MILWAUKEE, -WISGONSIN. I

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Application filed September 4, 1924. Serial No. 735,859.

The invention relates to racks and particularly to racks for use in show windons, for displaying shoes or similar articles.

An object of the invention is to construct is a rack that will be simple and'elieap of manufacture as well as light and stiff, and adaptable to installation in show windows, and provided to avoid obstructions normally a part of some display windows.

Another objectof the invention is to con struct a rack that will display articles disposed upon it, in such a manner that they will be plainly visible.

Another object is to provide a rack that will be collapsible and require but little space for storing.

Other objects and advantages of the rack will appear from the more detailed description below, but it will be understood that this'description is given by way of illustration and not by way of limitation, since various changes in the structure may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention herein described.

. In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a View of the rack of the preferredform showing a shoe displayed upon it.

Figure 2 is the same rack with the side arm reversed, showing a box displayed upon it.

Figure 3 is a similar rack with a modified form of standards.

Figure 4 is a similar rack having bracing plates.

Figure 5 is a further adaptation of the rack with a modified means for securing it in place.

The standards are formed of flat material and have side arms 11 secured thereto by means of bolts or the like, to permit of their being rotated to any desirable angle, so that the articles displayed thereon may be displayed to make all parts thereof plainly visible.

A cross member 12 is secured to said arms 11 by welding or in any other convenient way, to hold said arms in spaced relation a claim is:

with each-other.

The opposite or highest ends of said arms 11 have members 13 and 14 secured in a manner similar to member 12 and are disposed, one above and forwardly in advance of the other, to form means for engaging in two places the heel of the shoe 15, shown in suchfposit'ion in dotted lines. The other member 12 of course holding the sole of the shoe in such position as to properly display it andto prevent rotation of the shoe about the heel on the cross members.

The end view of the rack shown in Figure 2 shows the arms 11 revolved and reversed that the two cross members 14. and 13 come at thelower end of the arms 11 and provide means for preventing the article, as for instance, the shoe box 16 from sliding off of the rack and thus holding it in the desired tilted position to make the contents of the box plainly visible.

. It is sometimes desirable to have hollow round standards 17 as illustrated in Figure 3. In that case blocks 18 are secured to said standards by means of machine screws 19-or the like, thus providing the arms 11 with 7 bracing bearings about which to be rotated as well as forming an article presenting a workmanship like appearance.

Figure 4 shows a further modification of the invention to be utilized in store windows where it is desired to have the rack securely braced. In this form angle irons 20 are utilized for standards and secured to a wall 21 or the like by means of machine screws. The arms 11 in this form are pivotally mounted at the ends of the angles 20 and provided with lock washers 22 to bring the arms clear of the head of the shoulder screws 23 which are provided to hold the angle iron in spaced relation with the bracing plates 24:, and to permit angular adjustment of said arms. This form is pro vided with connecting rods 13 and 14: and 12 the same as in the other forms.

The form shown in Figure 5 is similar to that shown in Figure 4 except that there is no bracing plates but simply shows the rack secured to angle plates, disposed in a window of different construction. It is not intended that the rack described is to be limited to the exact details as shown, but it is intended to take advantage of all structural changes in details not limited by the appended claims.

. Having described my invention what I 1. A display rack comprising a support, parallel arms attached to the support and axially adjustable about horizontal pivots,

a pair of rods attached to the rear ends of the arms and being disposed one above the other and in offset relation, and a rodattached to the forward ends of the arms, the rods being adapted to engage the heel and toe of a shoe to hold the same in position for display, the arms being arranged to be adjusted to dispose the pair of rods to the front and the other rod to the rear to permit a rectangular object to repose thereon in lieu of the shoe. H

2. A reversible displa rack com rising a pair of supporting stan ards, paral el angular disposed arms attached to the standards and capable of adjustment to areverse angular position, a pair of rods attached to the normal rear ends of the arms, and disposed in offset relation, and adapted to normally engage'the heel of a shoe to support the latter, and a single rod connected to the normal forward end of the arms to support the toe of a shoe, the rods coacting to support a box when the arms are reversed.

3. In a window display rack, a lurality 7 ber adjacent the opposite longitudinal edges toward the transverse center of the arms adapted to hang. shoes thereon,said arms when rotated 360 about their longitudinal axes disposing said auxiliary cross member to form means for holding shoe boxes or the like thereon in fixed, slanting position.

In testimony whereof I affix my, signature 114 Grand Avenue, Milwaukee, Wiscon- SlIl. t i l p p .7 LEMEL COFA Q 

